Comments on: St. Matthew’s United Church: A 1749 Halifax Landmark

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 03:29:03 +0000

Very pretty church! The facts about the pews remind me of a church I visited in Philadelphia. The seats were pretty much the same but you had to pay to sit. The closer to the altar, the more expensive. If you couldn’t pay, you had to stand up for the duration of the service. Interesting piece of history!

By: Anita @ No Particular Place to Go

Anita @ No Particular Place to Go — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:51:15 +0000

Oh, that’s too bad about the steeple being a casualty of the severe weather as your photo shows a beautiful and imposing church. I love your stories about the wealthy church goers bringing along their foot warmers and poodles. Hopefully, the minister of the church took pity on his parishioners sitting on the unforgiving pews and shivering in the unheated interior and made his winter sermons shorter!

By: Nancie

Nancie — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:59:33 +0000

In reply to budget jan. Hi Jan. Yes, it is sad. The church also does a lot in the community. They run a homeless shelter and those people will now have to go elsewhere. I'm sure they're resilient and with a little help from the community they'll be back at it in no time. I do hope when the rebuild the steeple it's a replica.

By: Rhonda Albom

Rhonda Albom — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:19:25 +0000

That church is older than the Europeans founding New Zealand. I can’t really fathom going to a church in winter (in Canada) when it’s not heated. I do believe the story about poodles being used as foot warmers. The decoration of the organ pipes is quite attractive (I assume the restoration maintained the original colours).

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:42:49 +0000

Beautiful church and that pipe organ is gorgeous!
#TravelPhotoThursday

By: budget jan

budget jan — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 01:42:40 +0000

Poor St. Matthews! Yes I’ve visited Christchurch Cathedral which was severely damaged in an earthquake. As far as I know it is still half standing.

By: Lydia C. Lee

Lydia C. Lee — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:26:37 +0000

The cathedral in Assisi is the obvious one, and I’d also stayed on Bora Bora before the place was wiped out, and ditto with the islands of the Whitsundays. I guess as long as the people aren’t killed, it doesn’t really matter that much. As the Italian woman said to me ‘We can just fix it, no one will be able to tell…’

By: Jess and Brandon

Jess and Brandon — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:40:25 +0000

Wow. The pipe organ it’s amazing. The church windows are breathtaking. Great post.

By: Nancie

Nancie — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:29:56 +0000

In reply to Michele {Malaysian Meanders}. Hi Michele. I am with you there. I hate the cold, and it would take a lot more than a stained glass window to keep me distracted. Pipe organs are nice!

By: Nancie

Nancie — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:00:42 +0000

In reply to eileen at FamiliesGo!. Hi Eileen. That's so true. Having been settled by the British with such a strong Christian influence, there are quite a number of historical churches in Halifax.